Chicago Teen Charged With Killing Girlfriend And Her Family

Chicago – Denzel Pittman, a man believed to be the boyfriend of the 17-year-old woman found fatally stabbed along with her mother and younger sister inside an apartment in the Morgan Park neighborhood on the Far South Side is now charged.

Denzel Pittman, 18, of the 120 block of Westwood Drive in Park Forest, was charged with three counts of murder, according to police News Affairs. Pittman is expected in bond court later Wednesday.

Police said Pittman is the boyfriend of Jade Hannah.

At 10:28 p.m. Monday, three females were found unresponsive inside a residence in the 11100 block of South Bell Avenue, according to police News Affairs.

The victims were identified by family members as 43-year-old Stacy Cochran-Hill, and her daughters Jade Hannah, 17 and Joi Cochran, 11.

All three died of multiple injuries and their deaths were ruled homicides, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.
All the victims were stabbed multiple times and Jade had a big gash on her side, a source said.